AI’s water use is a problem, but shifting from electricity to solar or wind power could help
“Protect our water,” “Water for people not AI,” “Don’t mess with our water,” declare protest signs from Texas to New Mexico to Arizona. Angered by
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Stunning Roman-era mosaic discovered in Turkey features ‘Emerald’ the cat and ‘Ocean’ the dog
Nearly two millennia ago, a wealthy Roman commissioned an intricate, multicolored floor mosaic that depicted two beloved household animals: a cat named Emerald and a
How small can a transistor get?
For decades, engineers have been working to create smaller and smaller transistors to fit ever-larger numbers of them onto computer chips, all in the name
NASA’s IXPE Studies Magnetar
A first of its kind measurement of a magnetar may have captured empty space behaving in a way physicists have predicted for 90 years, but
Mathematicians say these 60-sided dice are the fairest in the world. Designing them took 15 years.
Over dinner at a gaming convention around 2010, board game designer James Ernest turned to his friend Eric Harshbarger and asked a question: Could you
Faster than Usain Bolt? Here’s all the records robot ‘athletes’ broke at this year’s World Humanoid Robot Games in China.
Humanoid robots in Beijing have beaten a number of men’s athletics world records at the 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games, claiming high-water marks in the
Excavation in Poland reveals Stone Age man buried with decapitated heads and a tooth necklace
Archaeologists were excavating in a Roman-period cemetery in Poland when they came across something extremely unusual: the grave of a man who was buried with
How did the Romans build their towering aqueducts?
The Romans are well known for their aqueducts, which brought water to their cities and settlements. These aqueducts sometimes ran for very long distances. For
Author Lise Barnéoud on the bizarre and provoking world of microchimerism — when cells from one person live in another, genetically distinct individual
Over a century ago, German pathologist Georg Schmorl documented a strange phenomenon: cells from fetuses that had moved into the mother during pregnancy. He had
Lunar Occultation of Venus
On Wednesday, June 17, skywatchers across the United States—and parts of Canada—enjoyed a rare event: a daytime lunar occultation of Venus. A lunar occultation occurs
Blue Origin rocket explosion sent sound waves 1,000 miles across the US, report finds
When Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket suddenly blew apart on a Florida launchpad earlier this year , it sent sound waves racing more than 1,000
3,200-year-old inscription may point to a long-lost ancient Egyptian city from the time of Ramesses II
A 3,200-year-old Egyptian inscription found near an ancient military road may indicate the location of a long-lost city, archaeologists have announced. Found at the site
Hubble confirms mysterious, 10-sided cloud is growing over Saturn’s south pole
New Hubble observations have revealed a dramatic, 10-sided jet surrounding Saturn’s south pole, and it appears to be evolving before our eyes. The Hubble Space
Was the ‘American cheetah’ a cheetah at all?
Ancient DNA confirms Miracinonyx trumani was more closely related to modern pumas than cheetahs and had a more varied diet than previously thought.